Thanks for mentioning him. You are absolutely right on about "Earl the Twirl", not to be confused with "Earl the Pearl" or the "Duke of Earl"

My top three (in order of preference):
1. Dumars
2. Thomas
3. Lanier

I'd go with Joe D.

Rodman is my all time favorite. The hustle, the mind games that bouncing stride. Chuck Daly was the perfect coach for him...Dennis was very fortunate to have been coached by Daly. His career might have stalled if he wound up elsewhere.

Impossible for me to choose just one...

Ancient days- Dave Bing and Bob Lanier (thats when I was a young kid and listened to the Pistons on my AM radio from upstate NY...for my birthday my Dad and I went shopping for a radio, with the essential requirement being that it would pull in the Pistons games)

Old days- Joe D and Bill Lambier

New days- Tayshaun (except this years playoffs!!!) and Max (hope to add Amir and Samb to this list someday)

Hmmm ... Laimbeer doesn't crack your top 3 but yet you have used him as a nickname on this site. The mind games continue. LOL.

Dave Bing and Joe Dumars and for the short time he was a Piston >Adrian Dantley.

Dantley was real good.........could go inside and draw the foul.......

Bill Laimbeer, no question about it. I watch the footage of him that Roscoe found and posted last off season all the time. Especially that one with the sappy music "This is the Moment." I LOVE THAT VIDEO.

If I had been a Pistons fan back then, I would have been like a screaming rock and roll groupie every time he was on the floor! I recently saw a special about the Detroit Shock's march to the championship last year. He has all the same huge vitality and energy and humor and swagger as a coach. I just love this guy.

I hope he gets to head coach an NBA team some time. Although I'll tell you, he looks to be having way too much fun winning ships with the ladies.

Second Place goes to Ben Wallace. I watch all his games as a Bull and I just love him to death. I like his grace, I just like watching him move. He has a different kind of movement than anyone in the league. Like a cat or something. Very quick and fluid and graceful. I wish he were still a Piston, but oh well.

Third Place goes to Rip Hamilton, but I have to admit I'm getting a little bored with him but I blame that on Flip Sr. Flip just doesn't know how to play our guys to their strengths IMO. Rip is beginning to look ordinary somehow and he never did under LB.

Dumars bar none.

Two words....

Quiet brilliance


Among the players we have today....

Rip and Tay